jetter
French, verb\ʒɛ.te\
jetter is spelled J-E-T-T-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 42,802nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jetter is a French verb meaning “to cast (a metal statue)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Couler (une statue en métal)”.
What does jetter mean in English?
verb
- 1
obsoleteto cast (a metal statue)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Couler (une statue en métal).
verb: 1. Variante de jeter.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of jetter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- jettant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- jetté participle past
- jette first-person indicative present
- jettes indicative present second-person
- jettons first-person indicative plural
- jettez indicative plural present
- jettent indicative plural present
- jettais first-person imperfect indicative
- jettait imperfect indicative singular
- jettions first-person imperfect indicative
- jettiez imperfect indicative plural
- jettaient imperfect indicative plural
- jettai first-person historic indicative
- jettas historic indicative past
- jetta historic indicative past
- jettâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jetter?
- \ʒɛ.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is jetter in French?
jetter appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).